Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal Mount Athos project that could have been the eighth wonder of the ...

First introduced in the Olympic Games in 648 BCE, pankration had minimal rules, allowing fighters to employ a wide array of ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Kim, who will be 25 come the Milan Cortina Games, can become the first snowboarder to win the same Olympic event three times, ...

Even in the early days of official games, Theagenes from Thasos (an athlete ... containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey ...

"For this to happen just days after those championships were over is just devastating, shocking – it just doesn't make any sense. . . .We’re no stranger to tragedy but this was just beyond ...

This is the ‘high kick’ event of kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art form that originated in Kerala ... government in building the momentum towards their bid for the 2036 Olympics. From flag ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece ...

Once constructed, the network helped transport ideas, religions, commodities and currencies across the ancient world ... footage from the Paris 1924 Olympics gives viewers a chance to reflect ...

“Finding a boundary stone like this not only sheds light on ancient land ownership and taxation but also provides a tangible connection to the lives of individuals who navigated these complex ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

However, COVID, and the years that followed, brought the Olympian to her darkest days. After 2016, when Rice worked on the Rio Olympics, she spent time growing her personal brand in India. She ...